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“Kaleidoscope”

“Love Gets Old” is a wonderfully nostalgic instrumental song by Wouter Kellerman. At first, it seemed to me the song should have been “Love (Never) Gets Old,” but I reasoned love always transforms into something better that remains eternally moving between good and bad through every battlefield— it is what it is.

So, the hit has happened that recently I was forced to leave my right leg on the battlefield of life. Adversity, though it cut my right limb out from under me, could not remove my stand-by weapons of faith, hope and charity in this valley of shadows. Anyone can fold under the pressure of adversity, but the trick is to turn different parts of misfortune into something positive. Admittedly, it is easier to talk about overcoming problems— it does take a measure of grit and resolve. Also, measuring the elements of adversity must be done, viewed from different points of perspective. The evil forms of misfortune can be understood because they are so transparent— evil is what it is.

So my problem here at the rest home is a subjective one: I am going to have to learn how to walk with a prosthetic limb. Ironically; the same old, same old; seems like a fond memory. Will you come and walk with me?

Finally, I must strive to become a better, 2.0 version of myself to help President Trump make America great again. America is a big dream for all of us, and it is also a place where we can remake those dreams. Will you stand and dream with me? Our great country moves a little here and moves a little there, but basically remains in all the right places: it is what it is.

Gaylen Wadell

Mount Vernon